OBJECTIVES:

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how medical incidents in two different health care systems affect the development of follow-up medical treatment. Six aspects of the impact are considered: Visit doctor, Times being patient in hospital, Total night stayed in hospital, as well as Out-of-Pocket payment for doctor visit, hospital, and prescribed drugs.

METHODS:

SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe) was used to collect the data. We use data from Spain, Italy, and Denmark for research related to the Beveridge system. Data from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are used for Bismark research. DiD model and event study methods are used in this study.

RESULTS:

We conclude that for times stay in hospital and total night stay in hospital, the incident has an impact in both the Beveridge system and the Bismark system. The follow-up treatment also has an increasing trend in the two systems. But cannot say which system was influenced more by the incident. We can also conclude that incidents do not have an influence on Out-of-Pocket money for prescribed drugs in both the Beveridge system and the Bismark system.

CONCLUSIONS:

Due to result conflict, we cannot get a conclusion of the impact on doctor visit, as well as Out-of-Pocket money on visit doctor and hospital. It is also hard to determine which system is better.